THTRFLM 3FF3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Deep Focus, Asymptote
11 Dec 2013
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Viewer gets to look where they want to look in terms of background and foreground and middle ground (deep focus) Actor sweeps past where the camera is set up: significant because it suggests a continuation of action even when the actors are off screen (significant) Renoir doesn"t achieve a true deep space, because it isn"t possible, but gets very close to doing this. Another strategy he does by controlling the deep space, is by moving the camera around at 90 degrees by following the characters, shutting the door, etc to limit what the audience can see. Studio shots and exteriors treated differently (watch characters go inside, while seeing the rain from the doorway at the same time) Offers a greater sense of reality unlike classical cinema which would not show secondary action. Background action is significant to development of character (no cutting - but conversations move from foreground to background without cutting) Get a high point development of an explanation.
